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  1. Jira Data Center
  2. JRASERVER-37197

Unhelpful error message when fields object is ommited upon issue creation via the REST API

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    • 6.01
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    • Severity 3 - Minor
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      Atlassian Update – 06 November 2019

      Hi everyone,

      After reviewing the overall customer interest and impact of this bug report we have decided to close this issue down. Our analysis has shown that over time this issue hasn't collected a significant number of votes, watchers, comments, or support cases from customers and therefore has remained very low on our priority list. Given these findings we can conclude it will not be fixed in the foreseeable future and wish to be transparent about our priorities by closing it as Timed Out.

      Although we're aware this issue may be still important to those of you who were involved in the initial conversations around it, we want to be clear by managing your expectations regarding the likelihood of a fix for it. The Jira team do their best to prioritise the issues that have high and critical impact with broad pervasiveness reflected in series of different factors. You can learn more about this by reading our Bug Fixing Policy.

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      Thank you,

      Pawel Drygas,

      Jira Server Bugmaster

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      Atlassian Update – 06 November 2019 Hi everyone, After reviewing the overall customer interest and impact of this bug report we have decided to close this issue down. Our analysis has shown that over time this issue hasn't collected a significant number of votes, watchers, comments, or support cases from customers and therefore has remained very low on our priority list. Given these findings we can conclude it will not be fixed in the foreseeable future and wish to be transparent about our priorities by closing it as Timed Out . Although we're aware this issue may be still important to those of you who were involved in the initial conversations around it, we want to be clear by managing your expectations regarding the likelihood of a fix for it. The Jira team do their best to prioritise the issues that have high and critical impact with broad pervasiveness reflected in series of different factors. You can learn more about this by reading our Bug Fixing Policy . To see what the Jira team is currently working on and has recently delivered see the following dashboards: Jira Server and Data Center: Recently resolved issues Jira Server and Data Center: Current work and future plans Jira Server and Data Center: Bug Fix Board We understand that hearing a decision like this can be disappointing, but we hope you'll appreciate our transparent approach to product priorities and communications. We will continue to watch this issue for further updates, so please feel free to share any thoughts in the comments. Thank you, Pawel Drygas, Jira Server Bugmaster

    Description

      • Run JIRA 6.1.7#6163-sha1:94d557d locally using SDK: atlas-run-standalone --product jira
      • Create project ODE with issuetype Release and user mhowells.
      • Attempt to create an issue omitting fields in the request: POST /jira/rest/api/latest/
      • [BUG] Get a 500 back with no details.
      • [BUG] Check the logs (attached) and find a NPE.

      Payload

      {"project": {"key": "ODE"}, "issuetype": {"name": "Release"}, "reporter": {"name": "mhowells"}, "assignee": {"name": "mhowells"}, "summary": "XXX 9.9.9"}
      

      NPE - Stacktrace

      2014-02-20 14:28:36,294 http-bio-2990-exec-1 ERROR minion 868x2429x1 d4xvk5 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 /rest/api/latest/issue [jira.rest.exception.ExceptionInterceptor] Returning internal server error in response
      java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
      	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
      	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
      	at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$ResponseOutInvoker$1.invoke(DispatchProviderHelper.java:234)  <+4> (DispatchProviderHelper.java:100) (DefaultMethodInvocation.java:61) (ExpandInterceptor.java:38) (DefaultMethodInvocation.java:61)
      	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.exception.ExceptionInterceptor.intercept(ExceptionInterceptor.java:59)  <+1> (DefaultMethodInvocation.java:61)
      	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.scope.RequestScopeInterceptor.intercept(RequestScopeInterceptor.java:43)  <+14> (DefaultMethodInvocation.java:61) (DispatchProviderHelper.java:132) (DispatchProviderHelper.java:230) (ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75) (HttpMethodRule.java:288) (ResourceClassRule.java:108) (RightHandPathRule.java:147) (RootResourceClassesRule.java:84) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1469) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1400) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1349) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1339) (WebComponent.java:416) (ServletContainer.java:537)
      	at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter$JerseyOsgiServletContainer.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:178)  <+1> (ServletContainer.java:795)
      	at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:73)  <+16> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (RestServletUtilsUpdaterFilter.java:26) (RestServletUtilsUpdaterFilter.java:40) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (ContextFilter.java:25) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.mywork.client.filter.ServingRequestsFilter.doFilter(ServingRequestsFilter.java:37)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.plugins.cors.CorsFilter.doFilter(CorsFilter.java:65)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsDispatcherFilter.java:60)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFilter.java:92)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsMatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsMatcherFilter.java:56)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.labs.botkiller.BotKillerFilter.doFilter(BotKillerFilter.java:36)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.labs.httpservice.resource.ResourceFilter.doFilter(ResourceFilter.java:59)  <+18> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AccessLogFilter.java:103) (AccessLogFilter.java:87) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (XsrfTokenAdditionRequestFilter.java:54) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.java:61)  <+22> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (SecurityFilter.java:234) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:100) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (BaseLoginFilter.java:169) (JiraLoginFilter.java:70) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (OAuthFilter.java:55) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.servlet.RestSeraphFilter.doFilter(RestSeraphFilter.java:40)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.java:61)  <+9> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:71) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
      	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:176)
      	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:145)
      	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:92)  <+10> (UrlRewriteFilter.java:394) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (GzipFilter.java:80) (GzipFilter.java:51) (JiraGzipFilter.java:55) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.fastdev.AutoReloadFilter.doFilter(AutoReloadFilter.java:63)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
      	at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.java:61)  <+41> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (JWDSendRedirectFilter.java:25) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AbstractCachingFilter.java:33) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (PathMatchingEncodingFilter.java:45) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (JiraStartupChecklistFilter.java:78) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87) (JiraFirstFilter.java:57) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (StandardWrapperValve.java:222) (StandardContextValve.java:123) (AuthenticatorBase.java:472) (StandardHostValve.java:171) (ErrorReportValve.java:99) (AccessLogValve.java:953) (StandardEngineValve.java:118) (CoyoteAdapter.java:408) (AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1008) (AbstractProtocol.java:589) (JIoEndpoint.java:310)
      	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
      	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
      	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
      Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
      	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueInputParametersAssembler$IssueInputParametersBuilder.initProjectAndIssueType(IssueInputParametersAssembler.java:284)
      	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueInputParametersAssembler$IssueInputParametersBuilder.buildForCreate(IssueInputParametersAssembler.java:249)
      	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueInputParametersAssembler.makeCreateAssembler(IssueInputParametersAssembler.java:118)
      	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.CreateIssueResource.createIssue(CreateIssueResource.java:52)
      	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueResource.createIssue(IssueResource.java:653)
      
      

      Suggested Fix

      we probably should check the fields map at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueInputParametersAssembler$IssueInputParametersBuilder.buildForCreate(IssueInputParametersAssembler.java:249) for null and return a friendlier error message

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              ohernandez@atlassian.com Oswaldo Hernandez (Inactive)
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